| An astonishing exploration of the dark
side of Christianity, following acclaimed author and former priest James
Carroll on a journey of remembrance and reckoning. Carroll, a National
Book Award winner and columnist for the Boston Globe, is a practicing
Catholic whose search for the truth leads him to confront persecution
and violence in the name of God - today and in the Church's past. He
discovers a terrible legacy that reverberates across the centuries-from
the Emperor Constantine's vision of the cross as a sword and symbol of
power, to the rise of genocidal anti-Semitism, to modern-day wars and
conflicts sparked by religious extremism. CONSTANTINE'S SWORD asks the
timely question: Is the fanaticism that threatens the world today fueled
by our own deeply held beliefs? |
